Slime production and cell surface hydrophobicity of nasopharyngeal and skin staphylococci isolated from healthy people

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Malm, Anna ^a   Biernasiuk, Anna ^a   Łoś, Renata ^a   Kosikowska, Urszula ^a   Juda, Marek ^a   Korona Głowniak, Izabela ^a   Górniewski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cell surface hydrophobicity; Slime; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NASOPHARYNX; SKIN INFECTION; SLIME PRODUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAGULASE; GLYCOCALYX; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 22844445472     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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